Winnie the Pooh - Carly Simon

This week at Covering the Mouse I'm focusing on Disney songs that have been remade by a pop artist to be featured the sequel. Today I present a version of Winnie the Pooh that CARLY SIMON wrote for the Winnie the Pooh sequel Piglet's Big Movie in 2003.

Carly wrote all of the songs Piglet's Big Movie and Pooh's Heffalump Movie which also featured her version of the theme song. Carley was the perfect person to write and perform the songs for these films. The acoustic-folky style that she has settled into these past few years works really well for the world of Winnie the Pooh.

I love the original Winnie the Pooh shorts from the 60s but I began to really despise what Disney was doing to the franchise in the 90s. Making Pooh and his friends cater to preschoolers along with the onslaught of merchandise caused me to turn my back on these characters.

However, I like this movie. It has fun, adventure, charm and it doesn't make me feel like I'm stupid because I don't know how to share. Best of all, they 'flashback' to scenes from the original shorts but change them so that it makes Piglet look like the hero.

Piglet's Big Movie was just a little gem in the sea of bad Pooh poop. This film contains the last appearance of Owl and one of the last major appearances of Christopher Robin. These days most of the characters have become minor secondary characters only making cameos here and there. Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Roo get the spotlight and new characters like Lumpy the Heffalump, Kessie the bluebird, and the six year old girl named Darby steal the spotlight.

I long for another good interpretation of the classic stories but I doubt that will happen. At least we'll always have The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh on DVD.

Winnie the Pooh Carly Simon 2003